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Avalanche Sting – Daily Security Byte

December 6, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

Last week, we finished off Friday with some good infosec news. Authorities from around the world took down a huge cyber criminal network responsible for a large portion of the spam on the Internet. The raid resulted in five arrests, 39 seized servers, and over 800,000 malicious domains blocked. Watch Friday’s video for a few more details about this well executed sting.

Episode Runtime: 2:09

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHB3nTlzKK0

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Worldwide Cyber crime network busted – Reuters
  • Feds bust Avalanche attack network – Gizmodo
  • Department of Justice’s announcement on the Avalanche sting – Justice.gov

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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